"ACA is sending the message that large programmers' insistence on big
bundles, carriage mandates and tiering penalties need to go the way of dial-up
Internet access. They simply won't work for ACA Members and their customers in
today's app-enabled world of greater choice," Polka stated.
"I believe [a skinny bundle] needs to become an industry standard.”

During a panel session, Gene Kimmelman, CEO of Public Knowledge, agreed.

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) revealed that it was likely that the Small Business
Broadband Deployment Act, a bill
“to ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access service
can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance with
cumbersome regulatory requirements,” had bipartisan support.

“Legislators
recognize the difference in costs associated with small businesses,” Pompeo said.

And in another exchange, Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) expressed approval for
television innovation.

“If there’s not competition, if there are not choices [in platforms], then
[consumers] don’t have access,” Doyle remarked.

With such strong support for the skinny bundle by cable leaders, will this
pressure more companies to start offering it?